Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a man performing an aarti at night, holding a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with several lit oil lamps in his right hand. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and a long dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with a gold armlet on his upper arm and a white tilak with red markings on his forehead. Behind him, blurred people hold small flames and sit on red steps near red flags and green hoses, under evening lights. Probable Swamiji cues are the long swept-back hair, saffron dhoti, rudraksha mala and bare-chested aarti performance, shown as a presiding ritual role.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 11 20162016-12-11A young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands in profile holding a tall brass aarti lamp with multiple tiers of lit oil lamps, flames glowing. He wears a rudraksha mala, white vibhuti marks on forehead and arm, and a red kumkum dot. Blurred seated devotees in orange and white clothing are visible at the lower edge of a pink-walled hall with framed pictures and an air conditioner. Aarti ritual scene.2016-08-04A young man with a shaved head, a red tilak on his forehead, and a bare upper body wrapped in an orange-saffron shawl stands at right holding a tiered silver aarti lamp stand with multiple lit oil lamps. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a braided bracelet. A man in a striped shirt stands at left edge, and blurred devotees with small lamps fill the background of a warmly lit hall.2012-09-04December 17 20162016-12-17December 06 20162016-12-06A young sannyasi with long dreadlocks stands in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, holding a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with many lit oil lamps (aarti). He wears rudraksha malas, a pendant, a horizontal white vibhuti line with a red kumkum dot on his forehead, and white ash markings on his arms. Behind him, another person in orange clothing holds a similar lamp, and white pillars stand in the background. Two people are partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering. a person identity is not clearly established from appearance.2018-02-02 +1 copiesA bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps aloft in a hall. He wears a long rudraksha mala, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders, and a red kumkum dot. His attention is on the flame as he performs the ritual, with blurred maroon curtains and framed pictures behind him.2016-08-24July 21 20172017-07-21Photograph of an evening ritual with a tiered brass aarti lamp, its multiple wicks burning with bright flames, held in the foreground by a man in a white shirt with blue and red stripes at the left edge. Beside it, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala kneels and watches the flame, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind them a blurred crowd of seated devotees fills a hall with red and gold walls. Warm lamplight dominates the scene.2012-09-04August 04 20172017-08-04September 09 20122012-09-09December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copies